Use bridge name to honor all Iraq, Afghanistan vets

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May 24, 2010 at 2:00 AMMay 31, 2010 at 2:10 AM

On the one hand I deeply appreciate Rep. Cleon Turner's bill to recognize Marine Cpl. Nicholas Xiarhos by naming the Bass River Bridge in his name. On the other hand, I feel this does a disservice to several soldiers and Marines from the Cape who have also given their lives in Iraq or Afghanistan.

On the one hand I deeply appreciate Rep. Cleon Turner's bill to recognize Marine Cpl. Nicholas Xiarhos by naming the Bass River Bridge in his name. On the other hand, I feel this does a disservice to several soldiers and Marines from the Cape who have also given their lives in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Because of the significant media coverage given to Cpl. Xiarhos, I feel the other veterans who died in those wars are being forgotten. Just as we have memorials to recognize sacrifices from the Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War, I feel it would be more appropriate to call the Bass River Bridge the Iraq-Afghanistan War Memorial and to place a plaque on the bridge with all the names of Cape Codders killed in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Bill Hurley

Hyannis

The writer is a retired lieutenant colonel in the Marines.

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